Honestly the song was what I expected...only less original. Like I thought the song would sound kinda like it does, but with a synthwave-feel to give the impression of at least trying something new.

This is just Madness but duller.

It has zero synthave-feel for fuck's sake. Listen to Perturbator, Carpenter Brut, Dance with the Dead, Kavinsky, Dynatron, Lazerhawk or any other synthwave artists. This has not a single touch of synthwave. Nothing.

So Dig Down is a bit boring in my opinion. It's nothing we haven't seen them do before, and it's pretty much just Madness with the energy and soul ripped out of it. I don't think it's bad, and it's far from their worst, but it's just really boring.

And Matt says this will be on album 8? If that's the case, my expectations are pretty low. It's a shame really, Drones was a step in the right direction, and now they seem to be going backwards again...

It has zero synthave-feel for fuck's sake. Listen to Perturbator, Carpenter Brut, Dance with the Dead, Kavinsky, Dynatron or any other synthwave artists. This has not a single touch of synthwave. Nothing.

He never said it has a synthwave feel, ya know. As a matter of fact, he said the exact opposite.

So Dig Down is a bit boring in my opinion. It's nothing we haven't seen them do before, and it's pretty much just Madness with the energy and soul ripped out of it. I don't think it's bad, and it's far from their worst, but it's just really boring.

And Matt says this will be on album 8? If that's the case, my expectations are pretty low. It's a shame really, Drones was a step in the right direction, and now they seem to be going backwards again...

Exactly. Drones, while incredibly cheesy at times, was relatively consistent and had parts which were good or even great.

And since Matt said that new album will be diverse - I'm guessing The 2nd Law part 2, this time with gospel, acoustic and probably electronic and guitar riffs as well. In other words - another messy compilation of different songs.

Just got in and gave it a listen. I've got a more positive view of it than when I first heard Madness, which I didn't really like when I first heard it. Chorus is boring. Guitar solo and the long sustained note in the final section is good though.